AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE COMPRISING CAMERA TO DETECT MANIPULATION ATTEMPTS

• US 20120038772A1
• Filed: 04/16/2010
• Published: 02/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Diebold Nixdorf Systems GmbH (Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH (Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated)
• Inventors: Nolte, Michael, Priesterjahn, Steffen, Le, Dinh-Khoi, Drichel, Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 9,734,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/150
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/207 Surveillance aspects at ATMs

Abstract

An automated teller machine (ATM) is proposed having a control panel (CP) that has elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) arranged therein that are provided for users of the automated teller machine (ATM) and that has a camera (CAM) to detect manipulation attempts on the automated teller machine (ATM). The camera (CAM) is mounted in a housing section of the automated teller machine (ATM) surrounding the control panel (CP) and aligned in such a way that the camera (CAM) captures images of at least two of the elements (1, 2) arranged in the control panel (CP). In particular, the camera (CAM) captures image of the money dispensing compartment (1) and the keypad (2) in order to unequivocally detect any overlays installed there and similar manipulation or skimming attempts.

Claims

1. An automated teller machine having a control panel which has elements located therein that are provided for users of the automated teller machine and that has a camera to detect manipulation attempts at the automated teller machine, comprising wherein the camera is mounted in a housing section of the automated teller machine surrounding the control panel and is aligned such that the camera captures images of at least two of the elements provided in the control panel.

2. The automated teller machine from according to claim 1, wherein at least the elements captured by the camera represent elements suitable for manipulation and/or represent elements located in areas of the control panel suitable for manipulation.

3. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the elements provided in the control panel comprise a money dispensing compartment and keypad an installation panel work surface, a card slot and/or a monitor.

4. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the elements captured by the camera are controls that specifically include a money dispensing compartment and a keypad.

5. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the camera is installed in that section of the housing of the automated teller machine that bounds the control panel to the side or to the top.

6. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the camera has a wide-angle lens with an acquisition angle of at least 130 degrees and/or a resolution of at least 2 megapixels.

7. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the camera is connected to a data processing unit that processes the image data generated by the camera.

8. The automated teller machine according to claim 7, wherein the data processing unit is integrated into the automated teller machine.

9. The automated teller machine according to claim 7, wherein the data processing unit has a first stage receiving the image data for processing, in particular for shadow removal, edge detection, vectorizing and/or segmenting.

10. The automated teller machine according to claim 9, wherein the data processing unit has a second stage downstream from the first stage for feature extraction, specifically by means of blob analysis, edge position and/or color distribution.

11. The automated teller machine according to claim 10, wherein the data processing unit has a third stage downstream from the second stage for classification.

12. The automated teller machine according to claim 7, wherein the data processing unit has interfaces for video monitoring systems and/or security systems.

13. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein at least the elements captured by the camera have optically recognizable features, in particular have edges demarcated from homogenous surfaces.

14. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein an additional camera is provided at the automated teller machine for an area in which a user, more specifically his head, is located while using the automated teller machine.

15. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the data processing unit, when it detects a manipulation attempt at the elements captured by processing the image data, triggers an alarm, disables the automated teller machine and/or triggers the additional camera.

16. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the camera and/or the data processing unit is deactivated during the operation and/or maintenance of the automated teller machine.

17. The automated teller machine according to claim 1, wherein the camera and/or the data processing unit monitors dispensing money at the money dispensing compartment.